先輩

See also: 先辈

Chinese

 
early; prior; former; in advance; first
 contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (先輩) 先 輩
simp. (先辈) 先 辈

Pronunciation

Noun

先輩

  1. older generation; ancestor; predecessor; senior; elder

Synonyms

Antonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (先輩):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先 輩
せん
Grade: 1		 はい > ぱい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

先輩 (hiragana せんぱい, rōmaji senpai)

  1. a senior, one who has seniority
  2. an upperclassman

Suffix

先輩 (hiragana せんぱい, rōmaji -senpai)

  1. applied as an honorific to the name of one who is senior or has seniority

Antonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
先輩

Noun

先輩 • (seonbae) (hangeul 선배)

  1. Hanja form? of 선배 (“a senior or elder in an organization”).
  2. Hanja form? of 선배 (“an upperclassman”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
先輩

Noun

先輩

  1. Hán tự form of tiền bối
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